NFD Communicate: June 1994

Some of the items featured in the June 1994 (Vol. 8, No. 2) issue of ‘NFD Communicate’:

  • The Adult Deaf Māori group has given a set of beautiful carvings to Kelston which has been placed in the hall.
  • ‘Visitors slam NZ on disabled’ – New Zealand has done little to integrate its disabled population into society, according to four visiting American activists, here to discuss the recently passed Human Rights Act. 
  • Screenings of ‘In The Land Of The Deaf’, a French film about Deaf children subtitled in English. 
  • The Association of Teachers of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, formed in August 1991, held its first biennial conference in Palmerston North. 
  • The Morris Coutts (Charitable) Trust was established in gratitude for his life. It aims to fundraise $100,000 to be used to help finance deaf athletes to attend world events. 
  • An update on the busy activities of the Christchurch Deaf Senior Citizens!

  1. Beatrice Nuthall

  2. Cameron Marr

  3. Carl Ross

  4. Cheryl Anton

  5. Darryl Alexander

  6. David Buchanan

  7. Dorothy Jones

  8. Edan Chapman

  9. Fraser Marr

  10. Gaye Blondell

  11. Heather Campbell

  12. Lynette Pivac

  13. Maria Griffiths

  14. Michael May

  15. Michael Wi

  16. Morris Coutts

  17. Patty (Noeline) Still

  18. Ricky Wood

  19. Shona McGhie

  20. Susan Thomas

  21. Terry Walbran

Reference number MJN-NFDC1994-8-2